Assessment - 14 May 2010 18:55
The height of the eruption plume is mainly ~7 km (24,000 ft); heading
west and later southwest and the colour is grey. Ashfall was reported
from Vestmannaeyjar islands, Rangárþing eystra and in Reykjavík.
More than 50 lightning strikes were recorded on the ATDnet during the
last 24 hours, thereof ten between 4 and 5 o’clock this morning. No
major changes are seen in the activity. Presently there are no
indications that the eruption is about to end.
Details in
status report issued collectively by the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences at 17:00.
